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A Dunedin jury yesterday found a 20-year-old Dunedin student accused of rape not guilty, after deliberating for five and a-half hours.

Three 18-year-old women will appear in the Dunedin District Court next week following an incident late on Thursday.

The woman who accused him of raping her was lying and he did not know why, a 20-year-old student told the jury at his trial in Dunedin yesterday.

The basement of a Dundas St student flat, where it is alleged a woman was raped during a party last year, was known among those familiar with it as "the rape pit", a Dunedin court heard on the seco

The Dunedin City Council needs to improve its systems for responding to concerns raised about unsafe buildings being used for accommodation, Otago-Southland region coroner David Crerar, said follow

A man involved in one of New Zealand's largest methamphetamine smuggling rings has had his application to appeal against his conviction and sentence of life imprisonment declined.

A Wanganui woman has been found guilty of the murder on Valentine's Day last year of a neighbour she believed was "coming on" to her partner.

Stephen Hudson, found guilty of murdering Nicholas Pike, whose body has never been found, has been jailed for life with a minimum non-parole period of 16 years.

The first majority verdict in a Dunedin criminal trial has resulted in the acquittal of a man accused of aggravated robbery.